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you know that's real money. >> ew technology along thousands of lines. as ben tracy reports many could fail to meet a federal deadline created after another tragedy. >> reporter: when a commuter train slammed head on to a freight rain in chatsworth california, in 2008 25 people died. one of the deadliest train wrecks in california history. so congress ordered a new high-tech safety system called positive train control could be installed on 60,000 rail lines in the u.s. the total cost about $10 billion. >> it's really a life-saving technology. >> reporter: jeff lustgarten works for metrolink which operates commuter trains in southern california. it has spent $10 million on the new item. >> positive safety control, what does it mean? what does it do? >> it's very state of the art gps-based technology that allows our trains to be controlled remotely. >> reporter: every train is linked to a central system. thousands of antennas on track and signals on train monitor precise location and speed. if a train is on course to collide with another train or going too
you know that's real money. >> ew technology along thousands of lines. as ben tracy reports many could fail to meet a federal deadline created after another tragedy. >> reporter: when a commuter train slammed head on to a freight rain in chatsworth california, in 2008 25 people died. one of the deadliest train wrecks in california history. so congress ordered a new high-tech safety system called positive train control could be installed on 60,000 rail lines in the u.s. the total...
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some technology, some traditional. some hands on, some group, some independent. all of that is important and as parents you follow your kids and start to see what they're most interested in. but they don't have an understanding that this product at an early age will lead them to science. goldieblox created a sensation all over the world when the company promoted a promo using the beastie boys song "girls." after a brief legal battle with the band over the song's rights, the company has changed the video. but the toy remains a hot seller headed into the holidays. >> debbie sterling joins us this morning. good morning, debbie. >> good morning. >> you were one of the few women in your engineering class at stanford. you have an engineering degree from stanford. how did this help you come up with this toy? >> it's one of the fastest grows jobs in the u.s. we frankly need more girls and women. i found research that girls start interest as young as age 8. i wanted to go in there with a toy that would spark them at a young age. >> why do you think toys will have an influ
some technology, some traditional. some hands on, some group, some independent. all of that is important and as parents you follow your kids and start to see what they're most interested in. but they don't have an understanding that this product at an early age will lead them to science. goldieblox created a sensation all over the world when the company promoted a promo using the beastie boys song "girls." after a brief legal battle with the band over the song's rights, the company...
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wanted to hide the sub's secret technology from the soviet union. ultimately i-40 won pave the way for the next generation of american submarines in particular american sub maliks that would take the atomic bomb because they recognized in these subs what they had wit theable to put not a plane but a missile. >> you know the curiosity about world war ii is endless and then they find stories like that. >> it is. >>> the search this morning for [ male announcer ] this is jim,...